Arriving and Departing

Welcome to liamkinnon.com, my brand new website.  A while back I asked my Dad to reserve liamkinnon.com before somebody else did.  I asked him about it this past weekend and on Monday I got an email informing me to head over to liamkinnon.com and login.  Because we’re using Wordpress.org, I don’t have to go through the rigamarole of trying to learn a new system for blogging.  I’ve just imported all the old posts from my last site, and I’ll be working on some pages and widgets to make this an easier and funner more fun place to be.  All I ask is your patience as I figure out this much more customizable version of my old blog.

Liam

 

A succinct analysis of how we got into this mess.

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Study Break #1

It isn’t the first for me, but it might be the first for you.  

Airplane, from College Humor.

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This may be the greatest thing I’ve seen in a week or so.  I don’t know the story, I don’t know the reasons, and I don’t care.  All I know is that it is absolutely awesome.  

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Via: Althouse

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I realize when I sit here sometimes that I go through my day thinking, “hey, that would be an interesting thing to blog about.” I then promptly forget what it was. Now I’m sitting here with absolutely nothing to say. I’ve recently been impressed by Ann Althouse, who, along with being a law professor, manages to put up what seems like hundreds of posts a day.  Me, I’m lucky if I can put up one every couple of days.  Andrew Sullivan wrote in an article for The Atlantic, “Why I blog” that you have to post as soon as you are done writing, to allow it to flow naturally.  But I’m rarely so fully confident in what I’ve written that I want to expose myself to the world.  And yet I will.

 

Jon Birch hit the nail on the head with his latest. You can read all of his cartoons here.

 

Best Ad Ever.

For those of you who missed the Superbowl. This may be the greatest thing to happen to paid for airtime.

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Someone brilliant discovered a number of passages from Barack Obama’s reading of “Dreams of my Father” that are of dubious moral character.  If you are as easily amused as I am you will get a kick out of hearing the President of the United States saying “you ain’t my bitch.”

HT: Althouse

 

What is history?

This is a loaded question.  I spent an entire class last semester discussing this question and I still have yet to come to a conclusion.  I had one professor, who was rather nihilistic, describe it as useless, but fun.  Sometimes I have a hard time disagreeing.  I think Churchill said something along the lines of, “Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it”  The more I look at the world the more I think that history repeats itself, whether we know it or not.

 

I’ve been reading the lady in my life Coraline, by Neil Gaiman. It is a fantastic story that is definitely worth reading. I only mention it because the claymation adaptation of it comes out today. I’m unfortunately going to have to wait a few weeks to see it, but it is getting rave reviews, and the trailer looks beautiful. I’m a little nervous about the story adaptation, but Neil Gaiman (the author) adapted stardust for the screen and it was different, but felt right. I also loved that movie. Anyway, below is the trailer. If you get to see it, let me know what you think.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js7wxoqeVK0]

 

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